Overworking as a threat to modern business

Abstract

The burnout syndrome or overworking at work is a social and professional problem which has got a long-term impact to operation results and it may lead any organisation into crisis. The objective is to motivate the society and inform organisation management on the consequences of the burnout syndrome and impact prevention development. Analysing this phenomenon, managers are among the most affected groups. The paper presents the factors of the occurrence of such syndrome, development stages, specifics of the burnout syndrome. The research was implemented on a group of managers and the research results relating to the occurrence of the burnout syndrome with the managers as well as the relation of the burnout syndrome with the strategies of overcoming stress used by managers were discussed. Practical and social purpose of the research results in the recommendations to decrease the burnout syndrome.